People said that Federer vs Santoro was one of the best matches they've seen in a long time and it was one of the best of the tournament, but that was a week ago. Haven't watched yet, how does it rank among all these others?

I think that Blake vs Nadal should also be on that list.

Outta those ones, I'd probably choose the final and Agassi vs Malisse. Didn't see most of them, though. :sad:

There were really a lot of great matches this year, but the one that I probably won't forget for a while is the Sanguinetti vs Srichaphan match. I only saw the last set of that match, but that was already enough. Not only did both men saved some incredible points on their serve to get to the breaker, but some more insane points in the breaker.

The reaction from the players played a huge role too: Srichaphan lying on the ground then turns around and does a few push-ups; Sanguinetti and Srichaphan both kissing the net; lob shot on break point against Sanguinetti's serve or something, then Srichaphan attempts a backhand crosscourt backhand passing shot and that clipped the tape to go over the net to give him another break point, etc.

All in all I think that was the best match I have seen during this USO.

rofe

09-12-2005, 03:36 AM

Fed v/s Santoro

aj_m2009

09-12-2005, 03:58 AM

Jenkins vs. Bastl lol!:D But it is only my fav cos it was Sco's 1st career slam win.:)

Fed vs Santoro was absolutely fabulous! :hearts: :inlove: From the list here I chose Sanguinetti-Srichaphan, at the start of the match I never thought that it would turn out such a spectacle with such an amazing atmosphere and friendly spirit. :)
As a biased person I also liked Nadal vs Jenkins. :D The Jenkins kid was really impressive. :yeah:

garylanders

09-12-2005, 11:57 AM

Blake def. Nadal

Billabong

09-12-2005, 12:10 PM

Gasquet def Ljubicic
can't lose twice in one tournament :p

oops sorry, my mistake:p!

Shabazza

09-12-2005, 12:13 PM

Fed vs Santoro was absolutely fabulous! :hearts: :inlove: From the list here I chose Sanguinetti-Srichaphan, at the start of the match I never thought that it would turn out such a spectacle with such an amazing atmosphere and friendly spirit. :)

Ditto!!
Sanguinetti-Srichaphan :worship:
Fed vs Santoro :cool:

thrust

09-12-2005, 12:47 PM

So many outstanding matches. I chose Agassi-Blake because of the closeness to the very end and the very high quality throughout. The only problem is that I was rooting for Blake.

Blake defeats nadal! I didnt manage to see the rest of the second week matches, so i probably missed alot of the best matches :sad: But the blake match was a really enjoyable one :yeah:

willie

09-12-2005, 05:51 PM

Agassi def. Blake, what a match!!!:worship:

andre the great

09-12-2005, 06:02 PM

Agassi Blake. Tremendous drama and entertainment.Even people who have no interest in tennis were talking about that match the next day. Love him or hate him Andre actually makes people care about the sport.

Agassi/Blake for the drama of it all with that scoreline, Agassi coming back from behind again and again, even when Blake was serving for the match, and the incredible shotmaking from both players near the end.

But I loved the points in Santoro/Federer, and some of the tennis in Federer/Agassi was played on an insane level! :worship:

had to be agassi def. blake- a true great match.
But sanguinetti and srichaphan close behind.

Socket

09-12-2005, 08:25 PM

Personal favorite was Hewitt v. Dent, for obvious reasons.

For pure entertainment purposes, Muller v. Roddick, mostly because of how the commentators were acting, but also because of the look of increasing horror on Roddick's face for most of the match.

I can't comment on Blake v. Agassi, because I slept through almost everything except the first two sets.

mangoes

09-12-2005, 08:34 PM

Sanguinetti def. Srichaphan is NO. 1 for me.

Blake and Agassi is No. 2 for me.

tennnisgirl7

09-12-2005, 08:46 PM

id have to say the finals w/ andre and roger, because i was there last night i have never been so emotional in my life i mean after the match was over all of the crowd me to cheered so loud for him that he stood up and bowed( not sure how u spell) to all of us and silly me started to get a little teary eyed thinking wow this guy truly is amazing. Andre was staying at the same hotel as me and this morning as i was gettting ready to leave New York I saw his wife come out w/ there daughter. She actually seemed kinda happy.

tangerine_dream

09-12-2005, 09:17 PM

I voted Agassi-Blake. This USO was one of the best in recent years. So many great stories, breakthroughs, and memorable matches. :cool:

I have more than one! Obviously AA v X was great. AA v Blake was fantastic. I kind of love Murray's first round match too (but I am a brit so what you expect) especially when he chucked over his opponents chair! For the womens Clijsters v Sharapova was very special. It's been a long time since any slam has had so many fantastic matches within the same tournament. My fave all tiem match was the semi between AA and Rafter at Wimbledon that went to 5 sets. Maybe AA v Blake could top that. Maybe. Anyway, I greatly admire AA, who doesn't. Wouldn't have classed him as one of my favourite players though, but suddenly realised all my fave matches have included him, so that tells me something.
Rumours going round he may not return to the US Open next year (I think he may quit after the Oz in Jan), but if he doesn't - Thanks Agassi for the memories!

SwissMister1

09-13-2005, 04:10 PM

Guga beating Goldstein in the first round - he hit 35 aces and was hitting tons of winners, and Goldstein was fighting really hard to get everything back. Plus it was probably the only time this year he looked like the old Guga. But that is mostly because I was there and had a great time.

Carito_90

09-13-2005, 04:15 PM

Clijsters - V. Williams ;) Best match of the USO.

If not, Blake - Agassi

BlackSilver

09-13-2005, 04:16 PM

Blake vs Agassi, followed by Hewitt vs Dent. However I only saw the last 2 and a half games of Sanguinetti vs Srichaphan......